Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) will use USG's Tecnomatix software to digitize manufacturing planning and assembly simulation of its surface ships, USG announced today. "Shipbuilding is a complex task that requires the development of thousands of manufacturing and assembly operations and the synchronization of these operations with the designer's content to insure accurate and on-time build requirements and work instructions," USG said. Tecnomatix enables detailed three-dimension validation of the operations, which are captured for reuse and cross-program sharing to improve overall shipbuilding efficiency, USG said.